Published: January 10, 2019

GOVERNOR BILL HASLAM ON MONDAY APPOINTED LIFE LONG MAURY COUNTY RESIDENT TRAVIS JONES OF COLUMBIA AS PUBLIC DEFENDER FOR THE 22ND JUDICIAL DISTRICT, WHICH SERVES GILES, LAWRENCE, MAURY AND WAYNE COUNTIES, AFTER THE DEATH OF LONGTIME PUBLIC DEFENDER CLAUDIA JACK.  JONES HAS SERVED AS AN ASSISTANT PUBLIC DEFENDER IN THIS OFFICE SINCE 2014, AFTER WORKING IN PRIVATE PRACTICE AND PART-TIME WITH THE OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC DEFENDER. PRIOR TO HIS LEGAL CAREER, JONES, 44, WAS PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER OF JONES HOME FURNISHINGS FOR TEN YEARS. HE WILL BE SWORN IN LATER THIS WEEK.